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squit

British  
/ skwɪt /

noun

  1. an insignificant person

  2. nonsense; rubbish

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Etymology

Origin of squit

C19: dialectal variant of squirt

Example Sentences

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Suddenly every squit and herbert and passerby could play in these previously shuttered spaces.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020

“He’d tell us to learn from what happened to him. And what I’ve learned is not to trust that cowardly little squit, Mundungus.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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